 Uruguay
Facts and Figures
Source: CIA World Factbook |
| Coordinates |
33 00 S, 56 00 W |
| Area |
total: 176,220 sq km land: 173,620 sq km water: 2,600 sq km |
| Climate |
warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown |
| Terrain |
mostly rolling plains and low hills; fertile coastal lowland |
| Population |
3,460,607 (July 2007 est.) |
| Languages |
Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier) |
| Imports |
machinery, chemicals, road vehicles, crude petroleum |
| Exports |
meat, rice, leather products, wool, fish, dairy products |
| Hazards |
seasonally high winds (the pampero is a chilly and occasional violent wind that blows north from the Argentine pampas), droughts, floods; because of the absence of mountains, which act as weather barriers, all locations are particularly vulnerable to rapid changes from weather fronts |
| Resources |
arable land, hydropower, minor minerals, fisheries |
| Geography |
second-smallest South American country (after Suriname); most of the low-lying landscape (three-quarters of the country) is grassland, ideal for cattle and sheep raising |
| Nationality |
noun: Uruguayan(s) adjective: Uruguayan |
| Capital |
name: Montevideo geographic coordinates: 34 53 S, 56 11 W time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in October; ends second Sunday in March |
| Internet Country Code |
.uy |
| Internet Users |
680,000 (2005) |
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